UPCOMING
KES? KASS! KUS?
Artists: August Künnapuu (Ee), Karoliina Paappa (Fin), Kristi Kongi (Ee), Bie Erenurm (Ee-Se), Kadi Kuremaa (Ee).
Starting end of May. Specific information later.
Kungla Kelder, Kungla 34, Tallinn, Estonia
www.kunglakelder.blogspot.com
SCREENING BUDAPEST 2012
Finnish-Hungarian mobile photography exhibition
In the summer of 2012 there will be a mobile photography screening in Hungary. in this nomad exhibition photographs from Finnish, Hungarian and international artists are screened using a projection equipment installed inside a car. This exhibition travels through Budapest to other towns and villages in Hungary in which building walls are used as a projection surface. The trip starts from Helsinki.
Similar touring exhibitions have been arranged earlier. Backlight Screening as part of the Backlight 2011 photography festival took scratch of the exhibition works around the towns nearby Tampere. (A commissioned work for the Photographic Centre Nykyaika.) The pictures were presented oudoors as a digital slideshow. Simililarly in another exhibition called Screening Helsinki, 15 photographers’ works have been projected on walls of buildings in Helsinki and Tampere and will be presented in Tartu in February 2012. (Funded by the Frame, Finnish Fund for Art Exchange.) There’s a short documentary about the Backlight Screening at http://vimeo.com/29481258 and an article about the project at http://www.movinggallery.net/backlight.
The participants of the travelling exhibition project are at the moment: Kristoffer Albrecht, István Balogh, Lucie Dubreuil, Mikko Enqvist, Jenni Haili, Martti Jämsä, Jyrki Kirjalainen, Ritva Kovalainen, Viivi Nieminen, Pekka Nikrus, Angéla Nyiri, Karoliina Paappa, Ida Pimenoff, Jaana Ristola, Jari Silomäki, Sari Tervaniemi, Ági Vedres. Of them Kirjalainen and Haili form the core of the project group. They are responsible for planning the exhibition and executing the plan. They will also drive the projection vehicle from Finland to Hungary in June / July 2012. István is the contact person at Budapest and helps in the arrangements. The Finnish-Hungarian Association supports the project and assists in organizing the exhibition. Tanel Päll will make introductory animation for the presentation. Olli Aarni produces the music that is included in the show.
At this point photographers in Hungary and Finland are invited to join the event and the selections about the exhibted works are made. There are also other artistic endeavours planned around this project. In Hungary there will be meetings arranged with the local artists and possibitilies for future collaboration is investigated. The Screening Exhibition will also be presented in Finland in the autumn of 2012. Later on the show will go on in other countries as opportunities arisen.
Contacts regarding the project:
Jyrki Kirjalainen
E-mail: jyrki(a)jyrkikirjalainen.net
Telephone: +358 445114181
SCHOLARSHIP EXHIBITION
10.11-27.11. 2012
More info later!
Galleria Rajatila
Hämeenpuisto 10
33210 TAMPERE
041 523 2992
galleria@rajataide.fi
ma—pe 13–18
la—su 12–16